The Mind of the Chimpanzee
What do we know about how chimpanzees think and reason? Over the weekend Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago held an international multidisciplinary conference on chimpanzee cognition.
Top scientists who study chimpanzees in the wild and in captive situations to explore what is known about chimps' cognitive mechanism, culture, tool use, cooperation, reasoning and communication, and conservation. It's inspiring that the organizers worked hard to come up with a mix of established scientists and the new generation of scientists to ensure that there's continuity and mentoring as this important research continues into the next decade.
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